Vance Jack 1916 (7 results)
More imagesVance, Jack - Seven Articles on His Work and Travels
Andre-Driussi, Michael (related to Jack Vance pseudonym John Holbrook Vance; 1916-2013)
Language: English
Published by Sirius Fiction, USA, 2019
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Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition By This Publisher. INVENTORY = B >> Softcover Digest Trade Paperback; 1st Printing by Publisher; 66 Pages; 95 Grams; Goodreads; A collection of writings about the science fiction and travel of Grand Master Jack Vance (1916-2013). The six essays were first published in "The New York Re…view of Science Fiction," while the one review was published in "Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts." Topics include the curious linkages between some of Vance's novels into a sort of "Future History;" an examination of a Vancean "hard sf" novel; a look at his various globe-trotting excursions and what he wrote while out on each one; and further delving's into the methods he employed to create such memorable fiction. This book is approximately 16,000 words; ** Asi The Future History of Jack Vance; ** The Blue Jack Vance's Hard Science Wonder; ** The Adventures of Jack Vance in Traveling and Writing; **Tracing Terms in Jack Vance's 'Sjambak; ** Patterns to the Five Demon Princes of Jack Vance; ** The New Prime' as Herald of Future Jack Vance; ** Review of "An Encyclopedia of Jack Vance; Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.
Published by München: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995
Seller: Antiquariat am Waidspeicher, Erfurt, GermanyAntiquariat am Waidspeicher
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Add to basket809 S./3 Bl. + 571/2 Bl. + 330 S./3 Bl., 3 TB; unbenutzte Exple. mit durch Lager leicht angestaubtem Schnitt in sonst sehr gutem Zustand. ISBN 3 453 08329 6 / 3 453 07987 6 / 3 453 07988 4; Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy Band 0605300 / 0605301 / 0605302. Vergriffen. - (L).
Published by Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, 1953., 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition (as stated upon copyright page). x, 213 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket with pictorial front panel and spine illustrated by Alex Schomburg with slight fading to latter but former retains bright color; pervasive foxing to rear panel with lesser prevalence to flaps; several tears at edges with on…e having verso tape repair; shallow chipping to spine head and flap fold ends with other edge nicks; top corner of front flap is price clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red cloth with black stamping to spine. Top edge foxed and toned; mild foxing to fore-edge with light foxing to bottom edge; toning to Alex Schomburg-illustrated endpapers; slight foxing fractionally affecting some page margins but interior leaves overall remain quite clean. Binding is firm. Still a very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. Early novel by mystery, fantasy, and science fiction author Jack Vance whose first published short story was issued in 1945. Vance enjoyed a prolific career as a writer and was a three-time Hugo Award winner as well as winner of the Nebula Award, the Jupiter Award, the World Fantasy Award, and an Edgar.
More imagesPublished by San Francisco, CA, and Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1983, 1983
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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketdj. First Edition. [Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. With a black and white frontispiece and vignette title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Miller, priced at…$15.00. Internally crisp and clean. Jacket shows patches of heavy abrasion; otherwise light wear to edges and a little toning. Very good. Inhabitants of a planet where homes are living things attempt to defend their 'house seeds' from greedy outsiders. Signed.
Published by Philadelphia, Toronto : John C. Winston Co., 1953
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 213 pages; Description: xi. P. 213. Signed by previous owner. Form/Genre: Science fiction. 2 Kg.
Published by Philadelphia, Toronto : John C. Winston Co., 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 213 pages; Description: xi. P. 213. Signed by previous owner. Form/Genre: Science fiction. 2 Kg.
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Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, AustriaAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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Add to basket1 p. 13 x 20 cm. John Holbrook Vance wrote mystery, fantasy, and science fiction stories, many under pseudonyms including Peter Held, Alan Wade, and John van See, but also Ellery Queen. In 1961 he receivced the Edgar Allan Poe Award for the best first mystery novel ("The Man in the Cage").
